Risk Controls
Coastal Collective's risk engine enforces your limits automatically — drawdown stops, position caps, exposure alerts — so you don't have to watch every tick.
Automated strategies execute orders faster than any human can intervene. That speed is the point — but it also means that without hard stops built into the execution layer, a flawed signal or an unusual market event can compound losses in seconds. Coastal Collective's risk control module runs as a mandatory layer between your strategy engine and broker API. Every outbound order is checked against your active rule set before it is submitted. If an order would breach a daily loss limit, exceed a position-size cap, or push total open exposure beyond your defined ceiling, it is blocked — not delayed, not warned about, blocked. The rules you set are the rules the system enforces, with no human discretion in between.
Define a maximum drawdown in absolute currency value or as a percentage of account equity. When the threshold is hit, the platform stops new order submissions for that account until the next trading day — or until you manually re-enable it.
Set the maximum lot size or contract count per order and per total open position. Orders from your strategy that exceed the cap are automatically reduced to the permitted size, keeping leverage within your defined range.
Cap the total notional value of simultaneously open positions across all instruments on a given broker account. Useful when running multiple strategies on the same account — prevents unintended concentration in correlated assets.
Any rule breach triggers an immediate push notification and email. The alert includes the strategy name, the rule that fired, the blocked order detail, and the timestamp — so you always know exactly what happened and when.
The daily loss limit saved me in November. A data-feed glitch triggered a cascade of entries that shouldn't have fired. The platform blocked everything after the first two fills and sent me an alert within thirty seconds. The position I was left with was manageable.
Vlad T., algorithmic trader, Timișoara
Risk controls operate on order flow — they can stop the platform from submitting new orders, but they cannot guarantee against losses in already-open positions if the market moves sharply. Slippage during high-volatility events, broker-side execution delays, and weekend gaps are factors outside the platform's control. Coastal Collective does not provide risk advice, does not assess whether your limits are appropriate for your capital, and does not intervene on your behalf if you choose to override a blocked rule. Risk controls are a mechanical enforcement tool; sizing them correctly requires your own judgment about your risk tolerance and trading capital.
Configure your full risk rule set during onboarding — it takes under fifteen minutes and runs automatically from that point forward.
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